Page 29 of Love Me Till Wednesday

Pete was messing around on his keyboard with the melody. ’I think it should be faster.’

Lisa laughed. ‘It’s supposed to be a ballad!’

They’d had similar conversations so often the first time around. It was strangely comforting to have the same arguments now. Without a record company breathing down their necks, songwriting had become enjoyable again. They’d completed one song yesterday morning - an upbeat number about starting again appropriately. Then they’d taken the afternoon off to do some touristy things around the lake. Now, after a lie-in, they were trying to get a second song sorted out before Lisa had to head back to London.

‘There’s something not quite right,’ Pete said. ‘I think I’ve worn out my creative muse for the weekend. Let’s knock it on the head. Do you fancy Sunday lunch at the pub?’

Lisa was feeling jaded as well. ‘Sounds like an excellent idea.’

They walked down the lane into the village.

‘Have you enjoyed this weekend?’ Pete asked.

‘Yeah, I have.’ Much more than she thought, but it seemed rude to say that.

‘Good. So have I. I’ve been thinking,’ he said.

‘About what?’

‘If I’m going to move back to London again, Ed’s already down there, and Tez is living on the south coast.’

‘And?’

‘Why don’t we have a go at getting everyone together again?’

She’d been thinking along similar lines but there was one thing that had been holding her back. ‘Won’t it feel odd without Jonny?’

‘It’s going to feel weird anyway. We’ll have to find a new bass player, assuming the other two are up for it. The alternative is we record stuff on our own, but I think that will feel even more weird.’

He had a point. ‘Would they be up for it, though?’

‘Ed will. He’s been dropping hints for ages. I don’t know about Tez, but it won’t hurt to ask. Are you ok if I float the idea?’

‘Go on then.’

‘Are you sure you’re on board with it?’ He must’ve sensed she was feeling apprehensive.

‘Yeah. It’s all happening so fast, that’s all.’

‘That’s a good thing, isn’t it?’

‘I guess so.’

Try to sound more enthusiastic!

‘Sorry,’ she added. ‘Life’s been so dull for ages, I can’t quite believe we might actually be going to play together again.’

18

Lisa was updating a spreadsheet in her study when her phone rang. It was Noah from the estate agents.

‘I’m so sorry it’s short notice, but that buyer I mentioned is in town today and he would love to look around.’

‘Yes, sure. What time?’

‘In ten minutes?’

‘Oh,’ Lisa looked out of the study door into the kitchen. It was looking like a tornado had hit it thanks to Elise cooking herself lunch and abandoning the washing up before dashing off to Jordan’s. ‘The kitchen isn’t looking at its best, shall we say.’

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